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i followed the instruction in this topid: http://community.mybb.com/thread-27771.html

Copied old files to new FTP, then imported the backup.sql to mysql
forum: http://subglobal.net/forums/

proper folders and stuff have been chmod to 777.

What could be the problem? I cant log in.
host is GoDaddy if that matters.

been working on this all day, i have 3 hours left to sleep so i can go back to work welding in horrible heat. i hope i can come back to my cool house to some intelligent people's responses on how i can fix this issue.

thank you.

hard refresh your browser (press CTRL + F5) a couple of times on the index page then try login again

What happens when you try to login? 404, get logged back out, etc.

It's most likely a problem with the cookie settings.
Open /inc/settings.php and change the check if these lines are correct:

$settings['cookiedomain'] = ".yourdomain.net";
$settings['cookiepath'] = "/";
$settings['cookieprefix'] = "";

^at least that's what I'm using.

i emptied my browser cache, fixed the cookies in settings

This is what i see:

windows 7 print screen

Try resetting your password.

did it, no luck.

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it seems that when i create a new account, im signed in.. let me log out and see if i can log back in on this new account

Run this query in PHPMyAdmin

UPDATE `mybb_users` SET `salt` = '', `password` = '098f6bcd4621d373cade4e832627b4f6' WHERE `uid` = '1';

This will change your password to "test" without the quotes.